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"The Shizhu area in Bashu has not been occupied by the thieves, and Qin Liangyu is still holding on. Guizhou and Yunnan should still have troops." Zuo Maodi pointed to the map and said.

Zhu Youjian suddenly realized that he had always thought that Qin Liangyu was gone, but he didn't expect that the old lady was still alive.

"Qin Liangyu, I'm afraid she's over 60." Zhu Youjian said to himself, an old lady in her 60s went to battle, the scene was unimaginable.

"Seventy this year." Shi Kefa added.

Halo, Zhu Youjian just wants to faint.At the same time, I feel very lucky. A 70-year-old lady is still working hard for Daming. This is Daming's luck and misfortune.

"Let's talk about how we should participate in this food station?" Now that the situation analysis is over, it's time to consider countermeasures.

"I thought that Hou Jin would not receive much grain in the south of the Yangtze River. The price of grain was already high, and the imperial court was also buying it. The common people would naturally keep some grain. Adding up these aspects, there was not so much grain going out.

However, in order to prevent the situation from deteriorating, it is still necessary to strengthen anti-smuggling, severely crack down on illegal merchants, explain the situation to the people, and call on the people to sell grain only to the imperial court.After all, we have the silver dollar advantage. "

Fang Yuegong made Jiangnan's problem clear at once.It is impossible to completely eliminate smuggling, but if the situation is made transparent, it is really unlikely that Dorgon will get food from Jiangnan.

"Where's Bashu?" Zhu Youjian asked.

Although Zuo Maodi said that Daming has the strength to participate in the battle for Bashu, this is also a taboo.Entering Bashu to attack Houjin, it is tantamount to helping Zhang Xianzhong, who dares to express his position clearly?

Zhu Youjian understands everyone's thoughts, but in fact he is also struggling with this issue, whether he should help Zhang Xianzhong resist Houjin.

The meeting couldn't go on here, and Zhu Youjian could only decide on the rest, and Zhu Youjian didn't even think about it clearly.

That night, Zhu Youjian sat in the room for most of the night, and even specially asked Ji Biao to find a cigarette pot.

Although he was not used to this kind of raw tobacco, he still couldn't help smoking several pots, and the whole room was filled with the smell of smoke.

Chapter 238: Play Three Kingdoms

What troubled Zhu Youjian the most was not whether to save Zhang Xianzhong, but whether to save the people.

what for?

The post-Jin ruled the country with the first method of fighting: killing.

During Houjin's march, as long as they encountered resistance and made them feel that it was difficult to defeat them, or suffered losses, the end result was massacre.

They established their prestige by killing, and they did not hesitate to kill all resistance forces, and never softened their hands.

If they marched into Bashu, Zhang Xianzhong would definitely resist. In order to seize food, Hou Jin would definitely rob village by village and household, and would definitely carry out massacres.

This is not nonsense. Looking at the route of Hou Jin's southward march, it is a red line paved with the blood of the Han people.

Furthermore, history has changed. Regardless of whether Hong Chengchou implements the policy of supporting the people, as long as there is a food shortage in Houjin, what kind of catastrophe will the remaining people in the north experience?

However, if Houjin was allowed to obtain food easily, it would definitely boost the strength of the enemy, which would be very detrimental to Daming.

It is difficult for Zhu Youjian to make a choice. He has completely lost sleep. It is hard to choose who to put this problem on.The war is cruel, but the people are innocent.

Are you really going to be as inhuman as Hou Jin, and as barbaric as a group of animals?

Zhu Youjian hid in the house for a whole day and night, and he didn't make a decision until the next night.

The same place, the same people, held the same meeting.

Zhu Youjian formally ordered Zuo Maodi to formulate a Bashu battle plan and discuss the battle objectives.

"I thought that Bashu was the most important place in the Ming Dynasty, and it was not easy to support the people for many years. Therefore, we cannot let Hou Jin get his hands on it, nor let the thieves ravage it. Therefore, it is imperative to march into Bashu."

Bashu will fight sooner or later. Since they have the strength to march, it is better to start before Zhang Xianzhong slaughters Sichuan, than to take over the mess after Sichuan is corrupt.

One point needs to be clarified here: about Zhang Xianzhong's massacre of Sichuan.The imperial edict promulgated by Zhang Xianzhong when he proclaimed the emperor clearly stated that "the Daxi regime announced that the people of all ethnic groups in the southwest will be exempted from border rents and taxes for three years." Zhang Xianzhong's orders are strict, and "unauthorized recruitment of troops" and "unauthorized acceptance of people's words" are not allowed." Taking local women as wives without permission” will punish those who violate the law.”

It can be seen from this that before Zhang Xianzhong proclaimed himself emperor, his killings in Sichuan were definitely not very serious.

(ps: As for who killed the people in Sichuan, it is really easy to explain: Zhang Xianzhong died at the end of 1646, and it was not until the seventh year of Kangxi (1669) that officials presented this matter to Kangxi. Among them It was the time when the Manchu Qing finally completely occupied Sichuan. To paraphrase a sentence on the Internet: If Zhang Xianzhong killed the people in Sichuan, then may I ask, has the Manchu Qing been fighting with ghosts for more than 20 years? If Zhang Xianzhong really killed the whole of Sichuan There are only 9 people. With the strength of the Qing Dynasty, why did it take 20 years to occupy it? Or, the people who resisted the Qing Dynasty were stupid and killed their own sources of soldiers and the people in the base areas? What did they use to persist? Just look at it Man Qing basically understood the animal nature of the resistance organization.)

However, it is also a question of whether Daming's current national strength can support the attack on Bashu.As far as the Ministry of War is short of money, it may not be able to support it, and the Ministry of Households has no money to subsidize it, so I have already relied on the emperor's subsidy.

"Your Majesty..." Shi Kefa was in a hurry, he really had no money, Zhu Youjian wanted to fight Bashu, Shi Kefa might have to sell himself.

"I know what Ai Qing means, the Ministry of War has no money, right?" In fact, the Ministry of War has long been out of money.Why did Zhu Youjian throw tens of thousands of soldiers to Wuchang? It's because Nanjing can no longer support them.

One is to make a strategic deployment, and the other is to throw it in Huguang and let Yuan Jixian use the money and food from Jiangxi and Hunan to support the soldiers in the whole of Hubei.

"I've already figured out a way to raise money." Zhu Youjian seemed very confident, and everyone didn't ask too many questions.The emperor refused to say, and the ministers couldn't talk too much, because Zhu Youjian had a mine at home.

"In addition, I ask Nan Anbo to find a way to buy grain from Annan, and the imperial court buys it at the market price." Since there is not much grain on the market, Zhu Youjian needs to import grain from other places for the sake of long-term planning.

After all, he couldn't kill the people like Hou Jin and then rob the food.

Once the matter is settled, there will be nothing for anyone other than the Ministry of War.Only Shi Kefa, Zuo Maodi and Wang Chengen were left in the room.

"Zuo Aiqing, how sure do you think we are in conquering Bashu this time?" Zhu Youjian wanted to know Zuo Maodi's judgment on the battle situation.

"Three points." Zuo Maodi stretched out three fingers.

Shi Kefa almost lost his footing, thinking in his heart: Are you kidding around with you?Three-point grasp to bring nearly 10 people to war?

Zhu Youjian also wondered why Zuo Maodi was the main battler, but why he was only three-point sure?

"Your Majesty, don't worry, listen to me. Your Majesty, you know very well that this battle is for food as well as for the people.

If our intention is to capture Bashu now, I think we are only three-point sure.

One: Our army has only 20 main forces, and there are more than 60 elite soldiers offering thieves, and their army claims to be [-].

Second: Even if we win by chance, we will immediately face the attack of the Eight Banners, and then we will have to give up Bashu, which we have finally won.

Third: Under the current circumstances, the emperor is really willing to take these tens of thousands of soldiers to consume the thieves?"

Zhu Youjian and Shi Kefa were silent after listening.It has to be said that Zuo Maodi has a high strategic vision.

Zhu Youjian only thought about the life and death of the people in Sichuan, but never thought about whether Nanjing had the strength to save them.

"Then we won't participate?" Shi Kefa hoped in his heart that he would not fight this battle. After the beginning of this year, Ming had fought too many battles, and he, Minister of the Ministry of War, was a bit overwhelmed.

"No, we want to participate, but not in Bashu, but in Xiangyang." With a movement of Zuo Maodi's hand, he rowed to the position of Xiangyang.

"As long as there is a navy, Xiangyang is easy to attack and difficult to defend. After occupying Xiangyang, relying on the navy, it becomes easy to defend and difficult to attack. This is determined by the terrain of Xiangyang City."

Zhu Youjian thought about it, and it was true.In the Southern Song Dynasty, Xiangyang was guarded because of the benefits of the navy.

"After the capture of Xiangyang, relying on Xiangyang, the army marched westward, attacking Yunyang Mansion all the way, and Guanzhong was in crisis. Later Jin did not dare to attack Bashu rashly, and at the same time could attack Hanzhong to seek Sichuan.

Since ancient times, there have been three routes to Sichuan, Jiange, Yungui and Wushan ancient roads.Going to Hanzhong is the most commonly used, which also prepares for our Ming army to formally seek Bashu.